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hopefully because you read my previous book, "marriage and caste america." college women may talk like they live in this post marital -- like they can take a leave of marriage and children but compared to their low income counterparts they lived as my friend amy wax has put it, like it is the 1950s. they wait to have children until they married. they generally stay married. divorce rates among the college-educated have declined substantially since 1980. a large majority of children growing up with college-educated mothers are living and live it to land and doing quite well. that is not the case for the less educated. 40% of children today are born to unmarried mothers and almost all of those mothers are low income and lacking a college degree. they are not members of the new girl order. divorce dhume is far more common among low income than college-educated women and men. at least that is the way it has panned out so far. i don't see how that can continue. a big part of the reason for family breakdown at the lower end of the income scale is the dearth of mar
hopefully because you read my previous book, "marriage and caste america." college women may talk like they live in this post marital -- like they can take a leave of marriage and children but compared to their low income counterparts they lived as my friend amy wax has put it, like it is the 1950s. they wait to have children until they married. they generally stay married. divorce rates among the college-educated have declined substantially since 1980. a large majority of children...
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the life blood of america. the immigrants who came and to whom it was very important to get some place. >> and now you know it's the life blood of china too. i have a good fortune of being associated with new york university are are completing a joint partnership with shanghai. we had a lovely delegation of people here and had a culture exchange, and this i truly believe unlikely to me and sort of optimism, i really believe this is the future. i want to thank very much for coming. it's been a pleasure. thank you. [applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> about five years ago, i got a letter from a teacher that i had in 8th grade in chicago. she had saved one of my papers that i had written about thanksgiving. >> she must have liked that. >> she said i kept this all these years because it was one the best papers i got from a student, and i read that paper, and i was going, hey, i was really good. >> what was it about? >> thanksgiving and what it m
the life blood of america. the immigrants who came and to whom it was very important to get some place. >> and now you know it's the life blood of china too. i have a good fortune of being associated with new york university are are completing a joint partnership with shanghai. we had a lovely delegation of people here and had a culture exchange, and this i truly believe unlikely to me and sort of optimism, i really believe this is the future. i want to thank very much for coming. it's...
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that was the case whether she was a 23 year-old, beijing, china, are a 26 year-old in america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single. and if they were they when not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking shots with other pre-adult fun weekend. they were married and they had children. and often had lawns to mow and cars is one of needed change. let's look at the numbers. 1970 the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28. but that's a little bit misleading actually. because the numbers for college educated and even those with graduate school education are considerably higher. for women with a ba, the average age is about 27. for women with a masters or professional degree, professional degree is about 30. now, this means that we have a historically high percentage of single people in their '20s and early '30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now unlike almost any other decade we are looking at here is the majority of 25-year-olds are single. i wasn't able to get a chart
that was the case whether she was a 23 year-old, beijing, china, are a 26 year-old in america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single. and if they were they when not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking shots with other pre-adult fun weekend. they were married and they had children. and often had lawns to mow and cars is one of needed change. let's look at the numbers. 1970 the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, less...
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and i knew that i wanted to live in america. i went back home at the end of the summer tenures later moved to new york. a couple years ago, my wife and i -- i was in graduate school and we decided to spend some time in china. and here we are in beijing at one of these quintessentially beijing he smoggy, easy rainy afternoons and nothing to do except stare at the small television with exactly one channel and our hotel room. we see a picture of this boy and the picture was clearly taken some time in 19th century. the boy was clearly chinese in the building next to which he was standing with very clearly be a university. i sort of thought to myself, i have no idea they were chinese students ideal university in the 19th century. and i started researching the story and discovered these remarkable young men whose story i will soon tell you. they wrote a lot of letters in the cab journals. and when i read their journals in their letters, i couldn't help but feel an immediate sense of tremendous, tremendous empathy. because like them, i
and i knew that i wanted to live in america. i went back home at the end of the summer tenures later moved to new york. a couple years ago, my wife and i -- i was in graduate school and we decided to spend some time in china. and here we are in beijing at one of these quintessentially beijing he smoggy, easy rainy afternoons and nothing to do except stare at the small television with exactly one channel and our hotel room. we see a picture of this boy and the picture was clearly taken some time...
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america become china. but instead each culture has to represent, has to respect each other's cultures, each others' beliefs, each other's traditions. and work together to make sure that their story indeed has a happy ending. and in this i hope truly happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] please. yes, maam. >> do you speak chinese and read chinese? where the journals in english or chinese? >> well, you know that they tell you a funny little story. when we started working on this book, we learned that there were journals and here we are, sitting in a coffee shop in new york city and i say to matt, you know just our luck here we are stumbling on this great story and these kids left behind all of these journals and all these journals are probably buried in some basement in shanghai and they are probably all in chinese and we will never be able to figure them out or find them. we start doing what people do nowadays which is of course googling for thi
america become china. but instead each culture has to represent, has to respect each other's cultures, each others' beliefs, each other's traditions. and work together to make sure that their story indeed has a happy ending. and in this i hope truly happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] please. yes, maam. >> do you speak chinese and read chinese? where the journals in english or chinese? >> well, you know that they tell...
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whether she was a 23-year-old from ming china or a 26-year-old in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle drinking shots with other preadult weekend. they were married and they had children and they had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now let's look at the numbers. notice that in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28 but that's a little bit misleading, actually, because the numbers for college-educated and those -- even those with some graduate school education are much considerably higher. for women with a b.a. the average age is about 27. for women with a master's or professionals degree -- professional degree it's about 30. now, this means we have a historically high percentage of single people in their 20s and early 30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now, unlike almost any other decade we're looking at here, the majority of 25 years old are
whether she was a 23-year-old from ming china or a 26-year-old in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle drinking shots with other preadult weekend. they were married and they had children and they had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now let's look at the numbers. notice that in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little...
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front yard, america's living room. politicians made that happen and i think the important thing here, this is america city. everybody has a stake, everybody comes here and belongs to them and the book tells them how it came about. >> there is anomalies, the site where the lincoln conspirators were wrong, the famous photograph is now a tennis court. the place in which garfield was shot back to the williams college reunion was in front of the building on the wall. where it says this is where the president was shot. part of it is discovering the layered history of the city and going back to amazing things of the civil war, and a part of washington were abraham lincoln, there is a battle, the confederate troops approach and abraham lincoln stands up and they shoot at him and they say you fool. one of the problems with the battle of fort stevens that they had to keep the citizens back from getting killed. what we try to bring to the city was the vibrancy, the wild mess that was here all along now doing your and limestone do
front yard, america's living room. politicians made that happen and i think the important thing here, this is america city. everybody has a stake, everybody comes here and belongs to them and the book tells them how it came about. >> there is anomalies, the site where the lincoln conspirators were wrong, the famous photograph is now a tennis court. the place in which garfield was shot back to the williams college reunion was in front of the building on the wall. where it says this is...
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america become china. instead each culture has to represent -- has to respect each other's culture, each other's beliefs and traditions. and work together to make sure that this story indeed has a happy ending. in this i truly hope happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. yes, man? [inaudible] >> chinese or journals in english or chinese? >> let me tell you a funny story. when we started working on this book we learned that there were journals and here we are sitting in a coffee shop in new york city and i say just our luck. little here we are stumbling on this great story, these kids left behind all these journals and all these journals are buried in some basement in shanghai and are all in chinese and we will never figure them out or find them and we start doing what people do nowadays which is googleing laughing like crazy and discover the connecticut historical society has and addition, sothe thing like crazy and discover the connecticut histo
america become china. instead each culture has to represent -- has to respect each other's culture, each other's beliefs and traditions. and work together to make sure that this story indeed has a happy ending. in this i truly hope happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. yes, man? [inaudible] >> chinese or journals in english or chinese? >> let me tell you a funny story. when we started working on this book we...
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were no bees north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had was maple syrup. they had the cactus. and then the rest of the world, they had honey. we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies. we've had sugar now. it's spreading. people are starting to learn about it. >> one thing we want to mention, when you say they use, let's say honey or fruit, is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about what you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is just a cake. it is a spice. it is something you use in your meal to give it one of the flavors speaker you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> we are here at the conservative political action conference talking with amanda pritzker. can you tell us what's coming out this your? >> absolutely. we just came out with secretary rumsfeld's book this week. we are very excited about. he is your signing books today. at the end of the month we have governor huckabee's next book which is coming out at the end of february. and
were no bees north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had was maple syrup. they had the cactus. and then the rest of the world, they had honey. we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies. we've had sugar now. it's spreading. people are starting to learn about it. >> one thing we want to mention, when you say they use, let's say honey or fruit, is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about what you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is...
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[laughter] in the 1980's, everyone in america it seemed was terrified of japan. the japanese had brought other high-profile things like that and if you mentioned some of that in your book. but japan ink disappeared and now we are sort of waiting for japan to be one of these dominoes because the debt is 200% of gdp. it's just government debt. is china the new japan? are we overstating what the0g0gg >> guest: i would say the realpg answer is idled because if i knew i would have treated thatpg already. >> guest: they have issues around demographics, but i think the fact of the matter in which the government is dealing with these things i think bodes well in that they are sort of playing a chess game, multiple moves ahead of most policymakers around the world. >> host: we have five minutes left. let's focus on solutions that our u.s. audience might not be interested in. you mentioned the housing crisis, and when i think of the housing crisis, it makes me very pessimistic. i read your book, and i like to think we basically have the government to the federal reserve wi
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she believed the government would not stand up to the united states of america. the family has said if pakistan gives ramon davis back to the united states, they will all commit suicide one at a time. now that may all be a bluff, but there aren't a lot of government that is are going to call the citizens bluff on something like that. we have high drama, supply versus supply, -- spy versus spy, and it comes after a difficult relationship. the a cy office in the country was named in the pakistani press, he was outed. he had to be pulled out the country, literally at night. if that wasn't bad enough, "the new york times" and the "washington post" citing cia sources said he had been outed by the pakistani intelligence service, the interservice intelligence director at isi. now i've been engaged in liaison with foreign governments for many years. this is not normal behavior. we don't usually do this. we don't usually out each other, and then talk about it in the newspapers. since the arrest of mr. davis, the president has said very clearly is a diplomat and must be gi
she believed the government would not stand up to the united states of america. the family has said if pakistan gives ramon davis back to the united states, they will all commit suicide one at a time. now that may all be a bluff, but there aren't a lot of government that is are going to call the citizens bluff on something like that. we have high drama, supply versus supply, -- spy versus spy, and it comes after a difficult relationship. the a cy office in the country was named in the pakistani...
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you all may remember that in north america there were no bees, north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had is main be l syrup, they had the a gaf i have cactus, and in the rest of the world they had honey. so we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies, we've had sugar now is spreading, people are starting to learn about it. >> but one thing we want to mention, when you say that they used, let's say, honey or fruit is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about it where you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is just a taste. it is a spice. it is something you use in your meal to give it one with of the flavors. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here are a few upcoming book fairs and festivals from around the country. this weekend book tv is live from the tucson festival of books. visit booktv.org for a complete schedule of events. the virginia festival of the book will be taking place from march 16-20th. booktv will be airing several events live online on thursday the 17th and friday the
you all may remember that in north america there were no bees, north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had is main be l syrup, they had the a gaf i have cactus, and in the rest of the world they had honey. so we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies, we've had sugar now is spreading, people are starting to learn about it. >> but one thing we want to mention, when you say that they used, let's say, honey or fruit is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we...
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no one's coming from africa, no one from south america or north america. they did actually try bringing enslaved people from ireland to barbados. they said it was to take a slave -- which, by the way, shows slavery wasn't yet racial. you could enslaved for being catholic because it wasn't, it was about who are we going to get to cut the cane. all right. if you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, where can you get someone to cut the cane? >> your children or family members? >> no. the enslaved -- the formerly-enslaved people are as far away in the plantations -- >> not too interested in going back to those plantations, right? >> canada. >> nope. >> canada? >> ukraine? >> no. no, the answer is people were brought from the other country in england's control, india. marina's relatives were brought people from india. any of you who have ever been to trinidad, to tobago, to jamaica, to the guyanas know there are many people from india in the caribbean. why are they? because they were brought
no one's coming from africa, no one from south america or north america. they did actually try bringing enslaved people from ireland to barbados. they said it was to take a slave -- which, by the way, shows slavery wasn't yet racial. you could enslaved for being catholic because it wasn't, it was about who are we going to get to cut the cane. all right. if you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, where can you get someone to...
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america's myopic indeed can america's myopic coming elite and its media acolytes have taken enemies who are each in military capability, at most the puny five-foot tall, even sandals, and made them into 10-foot tall and still growing behemoths. the three threats i'm going to speak about are those posed by iran, saudi arabia and al qaeda and its allies. taking these three threats, each of which is based in the persian gulf, let us first look at the smallest least threatening threat, that which comes from iran. since our tehran embassy was seized in 1979 and america was humiliated for more than 400 days, the islamist republic iran has been the bipartisan u.s. governing elite. the hostage holding great a hatred for iran among ordinary americans that is easily exploited by u.s. politicians, journalists, academics and pro-israel organizations. so successfully have these then comes the successful have the scare mongers been in hiding what they often call a nazi like every threat in fact, that in all of american history there probably has not been a non-threat like iran that has been more fear
america's myopic indeed can america's myopic coming elite and its media acolytes have taken enemies who are each in military capability, at most the puny five-foot tall, even sandals, and made them into 10-foot tall and still growing behemoths. the three threats i'm going to speak about are those posed by iran, saudi arabia and al qaeda and its allies. taking these three threats, each of which is based in the persian gulf, let us first look at the smallest least threatening threat, that which...
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we will see america at the mercy of producing countries who are exporting to us our energy and they can put this in a difficult position and if we don't address these issues we will have growing environmental challenges as well. what the book tries to show is a pathway to address all of those. i think there is but it will take will and tough decisions and we have been a little unwilling to make those tough decisions for the last few years. >> do you tackle how to change public perspective and the perception of what we should do? and be more cooperative? >> it is a good point. one of the real impediments to what we need to do energy is what they call the not in my backyard syndrome. one thing i found as energy sector is it didn't matter what energy project or energy infrastructure deployment there was tremendous resistance because people didn't want it near them. they wanted lots of energy and cheap energy but didn't want anybody to make it or use it around them. to be grown-ups about this, to say yes it would be terrific if we could have all the energy facilities somewhere else. we need
we will see america at the mercy of producing countries who are exporting to us our energy and they can put this in a difficult position and if we don't address these issues we will have growing environmental challenges as well. what the book tries to show is a pathway to address all of those. i think there is but it will take will and tough decisions and we have been a little unwilling to make those tough decisions for the last few years. >> do you tackle how to change public perspective...
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and it wasn't that johnson lost middle america, middle america lost the president. and that's why tet was sacrificed. it wasn't just the press, it was mainly lyndon johnson. he gave up on himself. so the lessons, i guess, from tet that apply to today are things like don't give the enemy credit for having a better plan than they are. sometimes you'll see people today talk about terrorists like they're some kind of geniuses, long-term planners with this sophisticated plan that we can't understand, and everything they do is part of this unfolding of history. well, maybe they're just making mistakes. i'll tell you, i don't think that osama bin laden thought that ten years after 9/11 he'd be holed up in some cave somewhere, you know, wondering when a hellfire missile was going to come down on his head. i don't think that was part of the plan. i think he thought he'd be the head of saudi arabia right now. you know, that was the plan, not what's going on right now. so, you know, don't give 'em credit for being these geniuses because they're not. secondly, don't redefine th
and it wasn't that johnson lost middle america, middle america lost the president. and that's why tet was sacrificed. it wasn't just the press, it was mainly lyndon johnson. he gave up on himself. so the lessons, i guess, from tet that apply to today are things like don't give the enemy credit for having a better plan than they are. sometimes you'll see people today talk about terrorists like they're some kind of geniuses, long-term planners with this sophisticated plan that we can't...
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but look around america. the of space processes in some countries and they mean when you are elected as a president to have a longer term but it gives you a little bit more bandwidth to think about the structure problems and that is having elections. the baffling that and just had elections in the united states a few months ago in november and here we are already much of what is the discourse on television and the united states at the next elections next year. where do they have the bandwidth to focus on the problems that everybody acknowledges they, are there. infrastructure, education, energy efficiency without trying to paint what is their big thing which is the same power. >> host: i don't think this is something you dressed in the book or maybe i forgot, the longer terms actually result in better policymaking. i get the feeling that if you are a poor country you are less likely to engage in the kind of short term over consumption when we see in some western countries but this comes back to the point when
but look around america. the of space processes in some countries and they mean when you are elected as a president to have a longer term but it gives you a little bit more bandwidth to think about the structure problems and that is having elections. the baffling that and just had elections in the united states a few months ago in november and here we are already much of what is the discourse on television and the united states at the next elections next year. where do they have the bandwidth...
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look around south america. they have democracy processes in some countries, and to processes mean when you're elected or the president, you have a longer term. in mexico, for example, there's a six year term. it's one term, but gives you more time to think aboutth structural problems without having the election. i find it baffling that you just had elections in the united states just a few months ago, midterms in november, and here we are already much of the discourse on television in the united states is about the next election which is next year. where does policymaker have the scope or bandwidth to focus on problems. everybody acknowledges it's there, infrastructure, education, energy efficiency, without main taping what's their big thing which is to stay in power. >> host: this isn't something addressed in the book or maybe i forgot it, but is there any evidence that longer terms or anything like that result in better policymaking? i get the feeling that if you're a poor country, you're hungry, and therefor
look around south america. they have democracy processes in some countries, and to processes mean when you're elected or the president, you have a longer term. in mexico, for example, there's a six year term. it's one term, but gives you more time to think aboutth structural problems without having the election. i find it baffling that you just had elections in the united states just a few months ago, midterms in november, and here we are already much of the discourse on television in the...
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but look around south america. they have a space process he's in some countries and it means when you are elected as president, you have a longer term. so in mexico for the sample you get a six year term as long term but it gives you a little more bandwidth to think about the structural problems without constantly having elections. i find it baffling that you just had elections in the united states a few months ago in midterms in november and here we already the discourse on television and the united states is set up the next elections. where does the policy maker of the scope or the band width to focus on the structural problem? everybody acknowledges they, are there. they talk about energy efficiency without basically trying to maintain what is their big thing which is the same power. >> host: i don't think this was actually something that you address in the book or maybe i just forgot it, is there any evidence that longer term is actually result in better policymaking? i get the feeling if you are a poor country
but look around south america. they have a space process he's in some countries and it means when you are elected as president, you have a longer term. so in mexico for the sample you get a six year term as long term but it gives you a little more bandwidth to think about the structural problems without constantly having elections. i find it baffling that you just had elections in the united states a few months ago in midterms in november and here we already the discourse on television and the...
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," america has power. we are the dominant power in the world. that imposes on us a special responsibility. you have to be concerned with the welfare of the world. congress basically decides, but only americans have the vote in congress. >> you -- you write about -- in the book that you've become rabid in your political views. what did you mean by that? >> i'm pretty forceful in expressing my opposition to the bush administration. and there is a certain danger which i actually turned into almost a reality that because i considered the policies extremists, that i, myself, have become an extremist. and that actually -- if that happens, then i have failed. because i think that i am -- believe in an open society. i recognize that i may be wrong. and, in fact, i'm admitting that i may actually be actively wrong by being so rabid. but i feel that i have to state my view in a very straightforward. and i feel passionately about it. >> what would you say that if george bush turns out to be successful and because of
," america has power. we are the dominant power in the world. that imposes on us a special responsibility. you have to be concerned with the welfare of the world. congress basically decides, but only americans have the vote in congress. >> you -- you write about -- in the book that you've become rabid in your political views. what did you mean by that? >> i'm pretty forceful in expressing my opposition to the bush administration. and there is a certain danger which i actually...